Week 21 Newletter (CORRECTED)

September 2, 2009

CORRECTION POSTED September 2, 2009

The WEEK 20 NEWSLETTER did not include the KNICKS transactions on August 25 (below). The players dropped by the KNICKS may be claimed on waivers the same as all other players dropped in this newsletter.

TRANSACTIONS:

August 25
KNICKS acquire LaTroy Hawkins for $1.80 and Matt Diaz for 50 cents, releasing Dan Meyer and Trent Oeltjen.

August 26
GREENBUSHERS acquire Omir Santos for 50 cents releasing Guillermo Mota

August 29
QUIBBLERS acquire Paul Maholm for 80 cents and Vicente Padilla for $2.30, releasing Kenshin Kawakami and Jon Garland

August 30
TAILGATERS acquire free agent Eugenio Velez for 50 cents and release Jesus Flores
GREENBUSHERS acquire Eric O. Young for 50 cents releasing James McDonald

August 31
QUIBBLERS trade Jeff Francoeur to the NoFRNs for Roy Oswalt

September 1
No FRNs acquire Ricky Nolasco on waivers, releasing Sean Marshall
BORG acquire Rick VandenHurk on waivers, releasing Ryan Garko
GREENBUSHERS acquire Juan Gutierrez for $1.00 and Ryan Madson for 50 cents, releasing Ryan Hanigan and Ramon Hernandez
BORG trade Yunel Escobar to the KNICKS for Ted Lilly

The last day to postmark or deliver a waiver claim for the players released in this newsletter is Monday, September 7. If a claim for one or more of those players is postmarked or delivered on or before that date and does not specify whether it is a waiver claim or a free agent claim, it will be considered a waiver claim. Announcements of all free agent and waiver acquisitions are subject to change if a late arriving letter or postcard is received from a team with a superior claim. Salaries of free agents are 50 cents unless otherwise indicated.

REMINDER ABOUT FREE AGENT CLAIMS: When claiming a free agent, you must specify whether the player being released is in the lineup or not. The status of the released player is the status on the day before the claim goes into effect, which means in most cases it is the status on the day you send the claim. If the released player is not in the lineup on the day you send the claim, you can just note NIL, which, of course, means not in lineup. If the released player is in your lineup on the day you send the claim, you must report who will replace that player in your lineup. I do not care if you already reported a sub to your “checker.” You must also report the sub in the free agent claim. If it makes it easier to understand, when you make the claim just forget that you have a “checker” for your lineup and pretend that all your substitutions are reported to the person receiving the player claim. Then, report the substitution in the free agent claim.

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